Born on this day – Roberts Blossom:

Roberts Blossom

Writer

Actor

March 25, 1924 – July 8, 2011

Born on this day – Myrna Dell:

Myrna Dell

Actress

March 5, 1924 – February 11, 2011

Credits:

Unsolved Mysteries (1990); Buddy Buddy (1981); The One Man Jury (1978); Batman (1966); Hazel (1963); The Donna Reed Show (1963); Pete and Gladys (1961); Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960); The Texan (1959); U.S. Marshal (1959); Maverick (1958); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1957); State Trooper (1957); Schlitz Playhouse (1953–1957); The Millionaire (1956); Dragnet (1956); Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); The Naked Hills (1956); Crusader (1956); Jungle Jim (1956); Last of the Desperados (1955); The Toughest Man Alive (1955); Night Freight (1955); The New Adventures of China Smith (1954); Lux Video Theatre (1954); China Smith (1952–1953); Mr. & Mrs. North (1953); Gang Busters (1952); Here Come the Marines (1952); The Bushwhackers (1951); Reno (1951); The Strip (1951); Secrets of Beauty (1951); Never Trust a Gambler (1951); oe Palooka in the Squared Circle (1950); The Furies (1950); Destination Murder (1950); Radar Secret Service (1950); The Gal Who Took the West (1949); The Girl from Jones Beach (1949); Lust for Gold (1949); Roughshod (1949); The Lost Tribe (1949); Search for Danger (1949); Rose of the Yukon (1949); Motion Picture Stars Attend Premiere of 'Call Northside 777' (1948); The Uninvited Blonde (1948); Guns of Hate (1948); Fighting Father Dunne (1948); The Judge Steps Out (1948); The Locket (1946); The Falcon's Adventure (1946); Vacation in Reno (1946); Lady Luck (1946); Nocturne (1946); Step by Step (1946); I'll Take Milk (1946); Twin Husbands (1946); Ding Dong Williams (1946); The Falcon's Alibi (1946); Oh, Professor Behave! (1946); Maid Trouble (1946); The Spiral Staircase (1946); Man Alive (1945); Beware of Redheads (1945); It's Your Move (1945); Double Honeymoon (1945); Radio Stars on Parade (1945); The Falcon in San Francisco (1945); Wanderer of the Wasteland (1945); Belle of the Yukon (1944); Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944); Show Business (1944); Arizona Whirlwind (1944); Up in Arms (1944); Jive Junction (1943); Old Oklahoma (1943); Raiders of Red Gap (1943); Ziegfeld Girl (1941); A Night at Earl Carroll's (1940).

Born on this day – Micheline Dax:

Micheline Dax

Actress

Singer

March 3, 1924 – April 27, 2014

Credits:

Worst week of My Life (2010–2011); The Invisible Woman (2009); Park Benches (2009); Louis the flea market (2007); Max & Co (2007); Venus and Apollo (2005); My wife's ex-wife Life (2004); Monos (2003); The Little Mermaid DVD Read-Along (2002); The soup tureen (2002); Politically Rock (2000); Operation Bugs Bunny (1997); Violetta the Motorcycle Queen (1997); Toonstruck (1996); A Nanny of Note 2 (1995); The Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble (1994); Hotel Mario (1994); Pregnancy nervous (1994); Gargantua (1993); The Joy of Living (1993); Les Misérables (1992); Taxi Girl (1992); The Keys to Paradise (1991); Forbidden to the public (1989); Pentimento (1989); What a family! (1989); A Key for Two (1989); Like father, Like Son (1988); L'amour à la letter (1986); Next case (1986); Lucky Luke (1984–1985); The Viratatoums (1985); A New Channel (1983); In the event of World War, I'm Flying Abroad (1983); The Head of the Family (1982); Sanctimonious or The Impostor (1980); Peter Voss, der Millionendieb (1977); Let's marry them Living! ... (1976); The Great Swagger (1976); The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976); The Acrobat (1976); Flat Out (1975); At the Theatre Tonight (1973–1974); Your the seagulls! (1974); The Goose with the Golden Eggs (1973); Sir Pompadour (1973); The Last Bourrée in Paris (1973); A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973); Anybody Can Call Me (1973); The Canary (1973); Tintin and the Shark Lake (1972); Music Please (1970); These gentlemen of the trigger (1970); The Shame of the Family (1969); Asterix and Cleopatra (1968); The Sloe (1968); The Little Lion (1967); The Great Dozmo (1967); Tender Scoundrel (1966); The Sprinkler (1966); To the two of us, Paris! (1966); Boulevard des Miscellaneous facts: 65-66 (1966); Soup Time (1965); Human Stupidity (1965); Les mordus de Paris (1965); Six in Paris / Rue Saint-Denis (1965); Blagapar (1964); The Magic Roundabout (1964); Skaal (1963); It's Not Me, It's the Other (1962); The Pavement of Paris (1961); Against the Grain (1961); What a time! 2 (1961); One Two-Wheeled (1960); Love and the Frenchwoman / Enfance, L (1960); Plural of Monsieur Leather Rings (1959); Spring Newty (1959); The Key to the Fields (1958–1959); Sacred Youth (1958); Mimi Pinson (1958); Airs de France (1958); This pretty world (1957); The Friend of the Family (1957); The Violin of the Orfeon (1957); Spring in Paris (1957); The Seventh Commandment (1957); Miss Catastrophe (1956); Slightly Ahead (1956); Don Juan (1956); If Paris Was Told to Us (1956); M'sieur la Quail (1955); Villa Sans-Souci (1955); No Mice in Business (1955); Ah! The Beautiful Priestesses of Bacchus (1954); Women of Paris (1953); Street of L'Estrapade (1953); Paris Magazine (1952); Branquignol (1949); Monelle (1948).

Born on this day – Lee Marvin:

Lee Marvin

Actor

February 19, 1924 – August 29, 1987

Credits:

The Delta Force (1986); The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985); Dog Day (1984); Gorky Park (1983); Death Hunt (1981); The Big Red One (1980); Avalanche Express (1979); The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976); Shout at the Devil (1976); The Klansman (1974); The Spikes Gang (1974); The Iceman Cometh (1973); Emperor of the North (1973); Prime Cut (1972); Pocket Money (1972); Monte Walsh (1970); Paint Your Wagon (1969); Hell in the Pacific (1968); Sergeant Ryker (1968); Point Blank (1967); The Dirty Dozen (1967); The Professionals (1966); Ship of Fools (1965); Cat Ballou (1965); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Dr. Kildare (1962–1964); The Killers (1964); The Great Adventure (1963); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); The Twilight Zone (1961–1963); Combat! (1963); Donovan's Reef (1963); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Untouchables (1961–1962); The Virginian (1962); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); Bonanza (1962); Ben Casey (1962); Route 66 (1961); The Comancheros (1961); The Investigators (1961); Alcoa Premiere (1961); General Electric Theater (1954–1961); Checkmate (1961); Wagon Train (1960–1961); The Americans (1961); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1961); M Squad (1957–1960); Sunday Showcase (1960); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Schlitz Playhouse (1954–1959); Climax! (1955–1958); The Missouri Traveler (1958); Raintree County (1957); Kraft Theatre (1947); Studio 57 (1957); Pillars of the Sky (1956); Attack (1956); 7 Men from Now (1956); The Rack (1956); Front Row Center (1956); Kraft Theatre (1956); Shack Out on 101 (1955); I Died a Thousand Times (1955); Studio One (1955); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Pete Kelly's Blues (1955); A Life in the Balance (1955); Not as a Stranger (1955); Violent Saturday (1955); TV Reader's Digest (1955); Bad Day at Black Rock (1955); Medic (1954); Center Stage (1954); The Raid (1954); The Caine Mutiny (1954); Gorilla at Large (1954); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Plymouth Playhouse (1953); The Wild One (1953); Suspense (1950–1953); The Motorola Television Hour (1953); Gun Fury (1953); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Big Heat (1953); The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953); The Doctor (1953); The Glory Brigade (1953); Seminole (1953); Dragnet (1952–1953); Eight Iron Men (1952); Biff Baker, U.S.A. (1952); Hangman's Knot (1952); The Duel at Silver Creek (1952); We're Not Married! (1952); Diplomatic Courier (1952); Boston Blackie (1952); Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1952); Fireside Theatre (1952); The Web (1951); Teresa (1951); You're in the Navy Now (1951); Treasury Men in Action (1950); The Big Story (1950); Escape (1950).

Born on this day – Richard Hooker:

Richard Hooker

Writer

Surgeon

February 1, 1924 – November 4, 1997

Credits:

Books:

M*A*S*H Goes To Hollywood (1976); M*A*S*H Goes To Las Vegas (1975); M*A*S*H Goes To London (1975); M*A*S*H Goes to Maine (1971); M*A*S*H Goes To Miami (1976); M*A*S*H Goes To Montreal (1977); M*A*S*H Goes To Morocco (1975); M*A*S*H Goes To Moscow (1977); M*A*S*H Goes To New Orleans (1974); M*A*S*H Goes to Paris (1976); M*A*S*H Goes To San Francisco (1976); M*A*S*H Goes To Texas (1977); M*A*S*H Goes To Vienna (1976); M*A*S*H Mania (1977); MASH (1968).

Movies and television:

Not M*A*S*H XXX (2010); W*A*L*T*E*R (1984); AfterMASH (1983); M*A*S*H (1972–1983); Trapper John, M.D. (1979); M*A*S*H (1970).

Born on this day – Marie Sabouret:

Marie Sabouret

Actress

January 31, 1924 – July 23, 1960

Credits:

Les femmes savantes (1959); Would-Be Gentleman (1958); The Mask of the Gorilla (1958); Trois jours à vivre (1957); Dany Robin in Frou-Frou (1955); Rififi (1955); La bella Otero (1954); Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954); The Three Musketeers (1953); Mina de Vanghel (1953); Violetas imperiales (1952).

Born on this day – Dorothy Malone:

Dorothy Malone

Actress

January 29, 1924 – January 19, 2018

Credits:

Basic Instinct (1992); Rest in Pieces (1987); Peyton Place: The Next Generation (1985); He's Not Your Son (1984); Matt Houston (1982); Off Your Rocker (1982); The Being (1981); Condominium (1980); The Littlest Hobo (1980); The Day Time Ended (1979); Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1979); Winter Kills (1979); Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979); Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold (1978); Vega$ (1978); Flying High (1978); High Hopes (1978); The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1978); Golden Rendezvous (1977); Murder in Peyton Place (1977); The November Plan (1977); Little Ladies of the Night (1977); The Streets of San Francisco (1976); Police Woman (1976); Rich Man, Poor Man (1976); City of Angels (1976); Ellery Queen (1976); Abduction (1975); The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1975); Ironside (1973); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1972); The Pigeon (1969); Carnal Circuit (1969); Peyton Place (1964–1968); Insight (1966); Fate Is the Hunter (1964); Arrest and Trial (1964); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); Beach Party (1963); The Untouchables (1962); General Electric Theater (1955–1962); Dr. Kildare (1962); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); Death Valley Days (1961); Checkmate (1961); The Last Sunset (1961); Route 66 (1961); The Last Voyage (1960); Goodyear Theatre (1960); Alcoa Theatre (1960); Warlock (1959); Cimarron City (1958); Too Much, Too Soon (1958); The Tarnished Angels (1957); Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957); Quantez (1957); Man of a Thousand Faces (1957); Written on the Wind (1956); Tension at Table Rock (1956); Pillars of the Sky (1956); The Loretta Young Show (1956); Appointment with Adventure (1956); At Gunpoint (1955); The Christophers (1955); Artists and Models (1955); Sincerely Yours (1955); Tall Man Riding (1955); Five Guns West (1955); Fireside Theatre (1954–1955); Battle Cry (1955); Young at Heart (1954); The Fast and the Furious (1954); Private Hell 36 (1954); Security Risk (1954); Pushover (1954); The Lone Gun (1954); Four Star Playhouse (1953–1954); Loophole (1954); Omnibus / The Horn Blows at Midnight (1953); Jack Slade (1953); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Doctor (1953); Law and Order (1953); Scared Stiff (1953); Torpedo Alley (1952); Kraft Theatre (1951); The Bushwhackers (1951); Saddle Legion (1951); Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950); The Killer That Stalked New York (1950); Convicted (1950); The Nevadan (1950); Colorado Territory (1949); South of St. Louis (1949); Flaxy Martin (1949); One Sunday Afternoon (1948); Two Guys from Texas (1948); To the Victor (1948); The Big Sleep (1946); Night and Day (1946); Janie Gets Married (1946); Frontier Days (1945); Too Young to Know (1945); Hollywood Canteen (1944); One Mysterious Night (1944); Youth Runs Wild (1944); Step Lively (1944); Show Business (1944); Seven Days Ashore (1944); Higher and Higher (1943); The Falcon and the Co-eds (1943); Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943).

Born on this day – Marvin H. Albert:

Marvin H. Albert

Writer

January 22, 1924 – March 24, 1996

Credits:

Books:

A Dancer's Progress and Schodinger's Cat (1993); A Nightmare to Dreamland (1985); All the Young Men (1960); Apache Rising (1987); Back in the Real World (1986); Becoming a Mother (1982); Bimbo Heaven (1990); Broadsides and Boarders (1958); Clayburn (1989); Crazy Joe (1974); Dark Goddess (1978); Driscoll's Diamonds (1974); Duel at Diablo (1966); Get Off at Babylon (1987); Goodbye Charlie (1964); Hidden Lives (1981); I'd Love to But I Have a Game (1993); Last Train to Bannock (1989); Long Teeth (1987); Miami Mayhem (1960); My Kind of Game (1962); No Chance in Hell (1960); Operation Lila (1983); Party Girl (1958); Rider from Wind River (1988); Skylark Mission (1973); Some Die Hard (1961); Stone Angel (1986); Strike Force 7 (1975); The Divorce (1965); The Don Is Dead (1972); The Gargoyle Conspiracy (1975); The Girl with No Place to Hide (1959); The Golden Circle (1987); The Hoods Come Calling (1958); The Lady in Cement (1961); The Last Smile (1988); The Long White Road (1957); The Man in Black (1990); The Medusa Complex (1982); The Midnight Sister (1989); The Pink Panther (1964); The Reformed Gun (1989); The Riviera Contract (1992); The Untouchables (1987); The Vendetta (1972); The VIPs (1963); The Zig-Zag Man (1991); Three Rode North (1989); Till It Hurts (1960); Trail of a Tramp (1958); Valley of the Assassins (1975); What's New Pussy Cat? (1965).

Movies and television:

À corps et à cris (1989); A Twist of Sand (1968); Bullet for a Badman (1964); Duel at Diablo (1966); Lady in Cement (1968); Nick Quarry (1968); Pour cent millions (1992); Rough Night in Jericho (1967); The Don Is Dead (1973); The Law and Jake Wade (1958); The Ugly Ones (1966); Tony Rome (1967); Wahdah be-Wahdah (1984).

Born on this day – Irene Kane:

Irene Kane

Actress

Writer

January 12, 1924 – October 31, 2013

Credits:

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001); All That Jazz (1979); Gypsy (1966); The Doctors (1964); Naked City (1958–1963); True Story (1958); Studio One (1957); Killer's Kiss (1955); Love of Life (1962-1965); Look Up and Live (1962).

Born on this day – Véra Norman:

Véra Norman

Actress

December 28, 1924 – May 19, 2023

Credits:

A Day with You (1952); Caroline Cherie (1953); chec au roy / Failure of the king (1945); General Electric Summer Originals (1956); In France as if you were there (1966); In the Land of the Sun (1951); Just Me (1950); La canción del penal (1954); La renégate / The Renegade (1948); La rose de la mer / The Rose of the Sea (1946); Lady Paname (1950); Le grand rendez-vous / The big event (1950); Le tampon du capiston / The capiston buffer (1950); Les corsaires du Bois de Boulogne / The corsairs of the Bois de Boulogne (1954); Les petites Cardinal / The little Cardinals (1951); L'homme de la Jamaïque / The man from Jamaica (1950); Mission à Tanger / Mission to Tangier (1949); Monsieur Vincent (1947); Retour à la vie / Return to life (1949); Rouletabille joue et gagne / Rouletabille plays and wins (1947); Sérénade au bourreau / Serenade to the executioner (1951); The double mistake (1952); The Snow Was Black (1954); The temptations of La Fontaine (1958); This Man Is Dangerous (1953); Torticola contre Frankensberg / Torticola, against Frankensberg (1952); Violetas imperiales / Imperial Violets (1952).

Born on this day – Cicely Tyson:

Cicely Tyson

Actress

December 19, 1924 – January 28, 2021

Born on this day – Jack Couffer:

Jack Couffer

Cinematographer

Director

Writer

December 7, 1924 – July 30, 2021

Born on this day – Susanna Foster:

Susanna Foster

Actress

December 6, 1924 – January 17, 2009

Credits:

Bowery to Broadway (1944); Detour (1992); Follow the Boys (1944); Frisco Sal (1945); Glamour Boy (1941); Phantom of the Opera (1943); Star Spangled Rhythm (1942); That Night with You (1945); The Best of Hollywood (1999); The Climax (1944); The Great Victor Herbert (1939); The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked (2000); There's Magic in Music (1941); This Is the Life (1944); Top Man (1943); Universal Newsreel (1945).

Born on this day – Paula Raymond:

Paula Raymond

Actress

November 23, 1924 – December 31, 2003

Born on this day – Geraldine Page:

Geraldine Page

Actress

November 22, 1924 – June 13, 1987

Born on this day – Gianni Ferrio:

Gianni Ferrio

Composer

Conductor

Music arranger

November 16, 1924 – October 21, 2013

Born on this day – Cleo Moore:

Cleo Moore

Actress

October 31, 1924 – October 25, 1973

Born on this day – Joyce Randolph:

Joyce Randolph

Actress

October 21, 1924 – January 13, 2024

Credits:

Everything's Jake (2000); Hi Honey, I'm Home (1991); Honeybloopers (1989); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The Jackie Gleason Show (1952–1957); The Honeymooners (1955–1956); Modern Romances (1955); The Mail Story (1954); The Jack Benny Program (1954); The Plainclothesman (1953–1954); Short Short Dramas (1953); The Ed Sullivan Show (1952); I Cover Times Square (1950); The Clock (1950); Famous Jury Trials (1950); Buck Rogers (1950); Rocky King, Detective (1950); Gander Sauce (1944).

Born on this day – Robert Webber:

Robert Webber

Actor

October 14, 1924 – May 19, 1989

Born on this day – Ed Wood:

Ed Wood

Director

Actor

Writer

October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978